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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

FINALS UPDATE: The Flash (1.3) adjusted up to match last week, while Beyond the Tank (0.6) pulled off an uptick in its final Tuesday episode. The Real O'Neals (0.9) adjusted downto its first fractional number with an original lead-in.

CBS' Person of Interest (1.2) returned to run through its 13-episode final season, mostly on Tuesdays but also with second episodes on Mondays for the rest of May. It was a tenth above the usual late-season Limitless rating in the hour, but significantly behind the normal PoI ratings from last season (though up a notch from the big dip it took on season finale night). It got some help from the NCIS twins, as New Orleans (1.8) was on the upswing at 9/8c while NCIS at least matched the 1.9 from its last original.

The return of CBS originals was bad news for NBC, where The Voice (1.6) and Chicago Med (1.5) each took hefty declines and fell well behind CBS. Chicago Fire (1.6) declined much less heftily against PoI at 10/9c.

On Fox, bubble comedies Grandfathered (0.7) and The Grinder (0.5) were original on the same night for the first time in over two months. There has been buzz that studio ownership and acclaim may benefit Grinder, but Grandfathered tried to make its (relative) ratings case by inching up from last week and outrating Grinder by two tenths. Both shows led out of original episodes of New Girl (1.0 at 8:00/0.9 at 9:00).

On ABC, Fresh Off the Boat (1.1) came back to earth after last week's post-DST high, but The Real O'Neals managed to hang at 1.0 yet again. Agents of SHIELD (0.9) continued its oscillation between 0.9 and 1.0, while a miserable Tuesday run finally ended for Beyond the Tank (0.5). It'll try to improve in potentially friendlier territory starting on Friday.

Week three of the CW's Containment didn't have to wait till finals for the 0.5 this time, though it looks like a decent bet to hang onto the 0.5 since it had a 0.6 in the 9:00 half-hour. The Flash preliminarily inched down to 1.2.

FULL TABLE:

Name

A18-49

Skew

Last

Lastn

LeLa

wy2y

TLa

Ty2y

True

Last

Fresh Off the Boat

1.1

33%

-15%

-0.2

-15%

-35%

1.41

-0.08

The Real O'Neals

0.9

35%

-10%

-0.1

-0.2

-10%

-47%

1.05

+0.02

Agents of SHIELD

0.9

39%

-10%

-0.1

-0.1

-40%

-10%

-40%

0.95

-0.02

Beyond the Tank

0.6

40%

+20%

+0.1

-0.1

-62%

+20%

-57%

0.77

+0.09

ABC:

-6%

-46%

NCIS

1.9

16%

0%

0.0

-5%

+58%

-5%

2.05

+0.06

NCIS: New Orleans

1.8

18%

+12%

+0.2

0.0

-5%

+50%

-5%

1.56

+0.28

Person of Interest

1.2

21%

-33%

+9%

-14%

1.16

CBS:

+40%

-8%

The Voice Tue Spring

1.6

24%

-20%

-0.4

-27%

-20%

-27%

1.78

-0.28

Chicago Med

1.5

25%

-17%

-0.3

-0.4

-17%

+50%

1.34

-0.14

Chicago Fire

1.6

26%

-6%

-0.1

-0.3

0%

-6%

0%

1.57

-0.01

NBC:

-15%

-2%

New Girl

1.0

56%

+25%

+0.2

0%

0%

-9%

1.37

+0.41

Grandfathered

0.7

48%

+17%

+0.1

0.0

+17%

-36%

0.95

+0.15

New Girl

0.9

61%

-10%

-0.1

+12%

-10%

1.13

-0.24

The Grinder

0.5

42%

-17%

-0.1

0.0

-17%

-17%

0.68

+0.07

Fox:

+3%

-18%

The Flash

1.3

49%

0%

0.0

-13%

0%

-13%

1.40

+0.04

Containment

0.5

45%

0%

0.0

0.0

0%

-29%

0.37

-0.01

CW:

0%

-18%

All:

+3%

-18%

The full table can be sorted by clicking any of the category names at the top. Hover over 'Last', 'y2y' and timeslot numbers for more information on the previous episode(s) being compared.